Current
Stephen Melville, Ph.D.
Nathan Flynn, M.S.
Jacob Banta, M.S.
Samantha Dempsey, B.S. (laboratory specialist)
Lahna Scholz, Undergrad researcher
Ryan Houlihan, Undergrad researcher
Jack Delaney, Undergrad researcher
Join the lab!
We are recruiting graduate students (Ph.D. or M.S.) and undergraduate researchers
Graduate students can apply to the lab in one of three different programs:
Apply to the Department of Biological Sciences
Description of Program Click here
Application Process Click here
Apply to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program in Infectious Disease (ID-IGEP) Click here
Apply to the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Graduate Program Click here
If you are interested in doing undergrad research on a pathogenic bacterium, send an email to Dr. Melville (melville@vt.edu) describing your career goals, and please provide a copy of your resume and a pdf of your current transcript.
Lab Personnel
Lab Alumni
Post-doctoral advisees:
Yuling Zhao, M.D.
Yin Su, M.D.
Joy Caughron, Ph.D.
Ph.D./M.S. students
Hope Campbell, M.S.
Claudia Perez, M.S.
Sarah Kivimaki, M.S.
Angela Saadat, Ph.D.
Gary Camper, Ph.D.
Samantha Murray, M.S.
William Hendrick, Ph.D.
Sarah Nakraftar, M.S.
Hualan Liu. Ph.D.
Andrea Hartman. M.S.
Kathryn Harry, M.S.
Katherine Rodgers, Ph.D.
Matthew Mastropaolo, Ph.D.
Blair Therit, M.S.
John Varga, Ph.D.
William Horton, M.S.
David O’Brien, Ph.D.
Ryan Knapp, Ph.D.
Dana Walters, M.S.